plasmid

1. 1.

   a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication

   Synonymsplasmid DNA

   Broaderinclusion body

Other forms of plasmid

plural

plasmids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plasmid

What does plasmid mean?

plasmid means "a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication".

How many syllables are in plasmid?

plasmid has 2 syllables: pla-smid. The stress falls on "pla".

What is another word for plasmid?

Close synonyms include plasmid DNA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plasmid a common word?

plasmid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.